thesal Member 31 Member For: 13y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 19/05/13 06:22 PM Share Posted 19/05/13 06:22 PM Hi Guys,Went for a run up the Oxley Highway recently and after about 30 minutes of "fun" following a mate on his ZX-14R up the mountain, my main centre display beeps, then flashes in red.... WARNING: ENGINE TEMPARATURE,along with the little red triangle with the ! inside it and a red number 1 next to it.I eased right off, and after approx. 30-40 secs, all warnings disappeared.Strange thing was, the temperature needle guage on the left was pointing just under half. Outside temp was 12 degrees.Has anyone has this temperature warning flash while driving enthusiastically?Did your temperature guage go over half? And what did that number 1 mean?Apart from that little scare, the car went fantastic the whole trip.Any comments, ideas or suggestions are much appreciated.Small video leading up to the warning at 0.43 (excuse GoPro angle & sound - first time we used it)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05pbNKTdwAw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletime Donating Members 937 Member For: 13y 10m 2d Gender: Male Posted 19/05/13 08:27 PM Share Posted 19/05/13 08:27 PM If you were constantly thrashing it half an hour was pretty good! I got it at the track at Wakefield after 15 mins, found about 11-12 on track including outlap was the sweet spot. Did she hit limp mode? Dunno what the 1 meant, also the temp needle did not go over half for me so yeah normal, just got too hot, must have been fun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,419 Member For: 14y 10m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 19/05/13 09:53 PM Share Posted 19/05/13 09:53 PM Trans. Got too hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 6m 16d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 19/05/13 10:04 PM Share Posted 19/05/13 10:04 PM Trans? It looks like you're up it a bit...don't be afraid to change gears. There's nothing to gain by revving a T that high.I'm purely guessing here but I assume the "1" would be the protection stage or strategy, it will start cutting cylinders etc. if it gets too hot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 15y 11m 3d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 19/05/13 10:44 PM Share Posted 19/05/13 10:44 PM Yea mate don't go by the water temp gauge on the dash, I have an oil temp gauge and on hot day up the range giving it some stick I think my oil temp got to about 116deg, from memory the temp warning like you got comes up at 120 or 125? If it comes up you know it's time to back right off! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 19d Gender: Male Posted 19/05/13 11:16 PM Share Posted 19/05/13 11:16 PM Don't the Turbos have a safety Feature in it that if the oil gets hot it reduces power until it goes back down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 15y 11m 19d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 19/05/13 11:34 PM Share Posted 19/05/13 11:34 PM Looks like he was between 3-5k the whole time tab. Normal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 15y 11m 3d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 20/05/13 12:03 AM Share Posted 20/05/13 12:03 AM Don't the Turbos have a safety Feature in it that if the oil gets hot it reduces power until it goes back down?I think at stage 1 like he got it just warns, then stage 2 at 5 or so deg hotter the car goes into limp mode and starts shutting down cylinders... at a guess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesal Member 31 Member For: 13y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 20/05/13 12:46 AM Author Share Posted 20/05/13 12:46 AM thanks for the info guys,Bulletime - no limp mode, just the warning flash which went away once I coasted in "D" and "N" for 30-40 seconds. Why does the temp needle stop at half way?... you'd think it should gradually climb so you can ease off a bit as it gets to say 3/4. I'll be ringing Ford today! And, yeah it was damn fun, only passed one or two cars from just outside Wauchope all the way to Walcha.Ford Freak - it definitely wasn't the transmission warning. It was engine temp warning, in big red letters.tab - I was shifting at about 5000 every time and didn't hit the rev limiter once. It was mostly uphill and I was chasing a big ZX14 so yeah, I was giving her a flogging and I was down shifting quite a bit to try and take some pressure off the brakes. (we stopped at at a roadworks red light for about a minute and we could smell them cooking)Bonjaz - I may have to think about some guages but I'm going to chat with Ford first and see why the engine temp needle doesn't go past half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesal Member 31 Member For: 13y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 20/05/13 12:57 AM Author Share Posted 20/05/13 12:57 AM I think at stage 1 like he got it just warns, then stage 2 at 5 or so deg hotter the car goes into limp mode and starts shutting down cylinders... at a guessThat would make good sense, but I looked through the owners manual and couldn't find any mention of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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